Hello Dear Art Lover My High School Crush
So...how are you? Are you finding it a challenge to just keep doing this isolation thing? I'm usually a pretty upbeat person with lots of energy and I'm finding it not so easy to put a brave face on sometimes.
Especially when I hear of friends losing a parent due to this dreadful event that has rocked our world.
For all I have, I am so grateful. So many people do not have the resources we have.
I love getting messages from you with questions about art products. And I love to share the exciting new toys I have recently started using. If you think you would like to dip your hand into creating, I would highly recommend the Derwent Inktense coloured pencils. They are just like the coloured pencils you used in school, but you can wet them with a damp brush to get paint. The colours are fabulously intense! They are much brighter than the regular watercolour pencils or crayons.
There is an online creative event called #artistsupportpledgecanada. Those Intense pencils will be used in the paintings on paper that I will be doing for the pledge. I will offer them first to my newsletter peeps with an extra special discount. Stay tuned for details.
My dear friend, Kim has collected quotes and writings about art for years. She often sends them to me and I am passing one along to you in attachments. They are about the value of art to our lives.
My weekly giveaway goes to Cora and Bill Turnbull. Congratulations..I'll be sending you a little treat of my art.
At laaassssttttt....I can hear Etta singing that one as I anticipate 'meeting' my high school crush once again. Yes..my high school crush was the guy who cut his ear off. My lovely daughter Ingrie, has ordered us tickets for the ImmersiveVan Gogh Exhibit. Check out vangoghexhibit.ca. to order your tickets. He was my first love. I can't wait. It is a drive through art exhibit. That's a first for me.
Wishing you a safe and quick return to 'normal'
Rock on,
YOUR HOME YOUR STYLE MY ART
Gail
